Carnivorous Plant Ditches Its ‘Junk’ DNA
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online There are approximately 3 billion base pairs in the human genome, however, only about 2 percent of those are actual genes. The rest is considered ‘junk’ DNA. For years, scientists have...
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IDENTIGENE, the DNA testing laboratory that manufactures the #1 selling DNA paternity test sold at drugstores and supercenters, has signed psychiatrist and television personality Dr. Janet Taylor as their spokesperson for the first half of 2013. Salt Lake City, Utah (PRWEB) May 13, 2013 IDENTIGENE, the DNA testing laboratory that manufactures the #1 selling DNA paternity test sold at drugstores and supercenters, has signed psychiatrist and television personality Dr. Janet Taylor as their...
CARLSBAD, Calif., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) announced today the issuance of a new patent covering nucleic acids encoding Transcription Activator-Like Effector Nuclease fusion proteins (TALENS) and the formal launch of an associated sublicensing program. The technology has broad utility in the pharmaceutical industry, synthetic biology, and plant sciences for creating genetically modified cell lines, animals and plants, and is being...
Development Agreement Signed LEAMINGTON SPA, U.K., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- DNA Dynamics, Inc. (OTC PINK:DNAD) announces that it has been chosen by a large digital PC Publisher to bring one of its hugely successful PC games to the mobile space. The game, which was unveiled in May 2010 and released in 2011, is a Real Time Strategy PC game and was the latest installment on a prestigious series which has an incredibly strong and loyal fan base globally. Now, DNA Dynamics,...
Natus will be represented by 23DNA.co. (PRWEB) May 11, 2013 Paternity DNA testing services in London UK Find the answers you need - no matter where you live in the UK. May 1, 2013 - As a leader in DNA and maternity testing, Natus announces that they are now going to be providing paternity and DNA testing services to their London, UK customer and patient base. The company, that has 2500 US collection sites, is not only a leader in the US, but is also highly rated by patients, as the...
-- Groundbreaking low pricing made possible by cutting-edge Next Generation Sequencing technology that is dramatically driving down costs -- HOUSTON, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- FamilyTreeDNA.com, the genetic genealogy arm of Gene By Gene, Ltd., has lowered the price of its mid-level maternal line mtDNA test to $49, effective immediately. The company announced it will offer its mtDNAPlus product at a two-third price reduction permanently, in just its latest step toward universal...
Novel method to enrich microbial genomic DNA for more affordable microbiome next generation DNA sequencing IPSWICH, Mass., May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- New England Biolabs (NEB) announces the release of the NEBNext(®) Microbiome DNA Enrichment Kit, which uses a novel method to separate microbial DNA from host DNA, thereby reducing the high cost of sequencing microbiome DNA to a more practical level. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090921/NE79207LOGO-b ) Microbiome...
-- Amendment Helps to Protect Victims, Enhance Public Safety -- CARLSBAD, N.M., May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jayann Sepich, mother of murder victim Katie Sepich, and founder of DNA Saves (www.DNASaves.org) expressed appreciation for Sen. Hatch's (Utah) proposal to require DNA samples from undocumented immigrants applying for a special residency status, and for his continued commitment to victim issues. "My daughter was murdered by someone in the United States illegally,"...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online If there is one thing you can say about families, it is the larger the better. And by looking at genetic data of people from Ireland to the Balkans, researchers have found that Europeans are one big family, and have been for the past thousand years. Graham Coop, a professor of evolution and ecology at UCDavis, and Peter Ralph, a professor at University of Southern California (USC), published a recent study of the genetics of...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online A project to use glowing plants to create sustainable light sources has generated a flurry of interest and financial support on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter. With 30 days yet to go, the Glowing Plant initiative has already raised more than a quarter million dollars – far surpassing its initial goal of $65,000 – from more than 4,500 backers, each of which are promised seeds for glowing plants in exchange for their...
The latest in non invasive testing, Natus is coming to New York. New York (PRWEB) May 06, 2013 Natus, a leader in paternity testing, has just announced that they will be providing new offices and non invasive testing solutions, to residents living in New York. The company, a leader in paternity testing in the US, already has 2500 offices located around the US, and will now provide women the opportunity to use their services, and the latest forms of non invasive testing options, in the New...
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a highly technical field like genetic engineering can be a beacon of stability and growth in today’s slumping job market. Genetic engineers, or biomedical engineers, are expected to see their career prospects grow as new technological advances drive an ever greater demand for individuals to specialize in this field. The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) says that a position as a genetic engineer typically requires at least a...
Bacillus subtilis, also known as hay bacillus or grass bacillus, is a Gram-positive, catalase-positive bacterium commonly found in soil. It is rod-shaped and a member of the genus Bacillus. It also has the ability to form a tough, protective endospore, allowing the organism to tolerate extreme environmental conditions. B. subtilis has historically been classified as an obligate aerobe, though recent research has proven this to not be strictly correct. It is not a human pathogen although...
